Set 7 Flashcards

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Cascade

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  1. (Of water) pouring rapidly downwards in large quantities

2. A series of reactions

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1
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Groped

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Feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands

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2
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Orderly

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Hospital attendant for heavy work (cleaning, carrying supplies or moving patients)

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3
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Amid

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Among

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4
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Circumcised

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To cut off foreskin (prepuce)

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5
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Thrift shop

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A shop that sells secondhand objects, typically for charitable purposes

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6
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Snort

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To make a sound through one’s nose esp. to express indignation or derision

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7
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Patter

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  1. Make a repeatedly light tapping sound

2. Run with quick light steps

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8
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Remonstrate

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Make a forcefully reproachful protest

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9
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Brisk

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  1. Active, fast , energetic
  2. ( of weather) cold but enlivening
  3. Sharp and abrupt
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10
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Caw

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The raucous sound of crow cries

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11
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Mellow

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Smooth or soft, free from harshness

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12
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Scourging

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  1. To flog

2. cause great suffering

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13
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Duffel

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Cylindrical bag

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14
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Flurry

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  1. A brief light snowfall

2. A sudden burst or commotion (turmoil)

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15
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Rambling

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  1. (of speech or writing) Lengthy, confusing, inconsequential
  2. walk for pleasure
  3. (of plants) growing out long shoots, climbing walls and other plants
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16
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Hospice

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臨終關懷

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17
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Biblical

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  1. Of, relating to the bible

2. very great, on a large scale

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18
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Patroness

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  1. A person who gives financial or other kinds of support to another person or organization
  2. Customer
19
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Amble up

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Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

20
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Cut rate

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Reduced price

21
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Cluttered

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  1. A collection of things lying about in an untidy manner

2. to crowd up untidily

22
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Forthwith

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Immediately

23
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Officious

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Intrusive in a meddling, offensive way

24
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Arthritis

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關節炎

25
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Balmy

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Pleasantly warm

26
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Scum

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A layer of dirt or froth(foam) on a surface of a liquid

27
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Beget

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(Esp. a man) bring a child into existence by sexual intercourse

28
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Tenure

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Holding of an office; incumbent

29
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Fugitive

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Fleeting, temporary

30
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Attest

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Provide or serve as clear evidence

31
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Caul

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A membrane (harmless) that covers the face of a newborn

32
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Heirloom

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傳家寶

33
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Promontory

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A point of high land that juts out into the ocean

34
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Meandering

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  1. To turn

2. Wonder aimlessly

35
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Rooted

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To cause someone to stand immobile due to strong emotions

36
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Fontanelle

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A space between two bones in the skull of an infant

37
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Inexorable

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  1. Unable to be stopped

2. Unable to be persuaded

38
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Conveyances

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Transportation

39
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Squiring

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(Of a man) escorting a woman

40
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Hoisted

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To lift with rope or pulley

41
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Verisimilitude

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The quality of seeming real

42
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Enclave

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A portion of land surrounded by a larger land whose inhabitants’ culture and ethnicity are distinct

43
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Veering

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Change direction abruptly

44
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Fable

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  1. A short story with animals as characters and conveys a moral
  2. Myth or legend
45
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Rote memory

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Characterized by repetition(w/o understanding)